Gearing for washing-machines



G. MORE.

GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, I919.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

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GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, I919.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

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G. IVIORE.

GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR I7, I919. 1 ,336,086, Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

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UNITED STA ES- GLENN moan, on JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, nssrenon. T0nrncxsronn MANUFAC- TUBINGLCOMPANY, or JAMEsrown; NEW YORK, ACORPORATION on NEW YORK.

GEARING roe WASHING-MACHINES.

zen of the United States, and a resident of Jamestown, in the coiinty ofChautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gearing for W ashing-Machines; and I do here-- bydeclare that the following {ls a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in power driven washingmachines.v

One of the objeets of the invention is to provide an arrangement wherebythe washing machine may be converted-from a rotary, reciprocating ordolly type of machine into a vertical reciprocation or vacuum 20 dashertype of machine, by interchangeable parts ;'removing the operative partsof the rotary. reciprocating type which connect the horizontal driveshaft on the'top of the mar chine with the operating shaft mounted inthe hinged lid of the machine, and substituting t erefor the appropriateparts of the vertical reciprocating type of machine.

Another object of the invention is to pro-' vide a novel and convenientmechanism for coupling at will, the reciprocating shaft mechanism ofeither type of machine -with the continuously rotat ng, horizontaldrivin shaft. i hese and other objects of the invention will more fullyappear as I proceed with my specification. y

In the drawings: Figurel is a plan view of a Washing machine mechanismembodying my invention.

Fig.2 is a transverse, vertical sectional view of a portion of the tuband the lid, the

latter and some ofthe parts carried thereby being indicated in dottedlines in araised ,position, and other parts being-in side ele- .vation.Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectional view, enlar ed, taken upon the line 3-3of Fig. 1', loofiing the direction indicated'by the arrows.

- Fig. l is an end View of a e se, with one of theremoyable armsposltioned'there on, the dotted lines-indicating a change of position. I

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, .enlarged, and

partly in sectiom of the horizontal drive Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed March'17,

shaft, taken which it is mounted, part being in section.

Patented Apr, 6, 71920. 5 .1919. s am. 283,922.

u'pon the dotted line 55 of ig.- 6 is a side elevation of a part of thehOI'lZOIltfil drive shaft and the casting in Flg, 7 is a crosssectionalview of the horizontal drive shaft taken upon the planelndicated by the dotted line 7-7 of Fig. 6, looking in the directionindicated-by the arrows. 1 p

Fig. 8 is a sectional view, enlarged, of a t portion ofthe tuband thehinged lid, showin side elevation the operating removable part for theverticalreciprocating type of machine.'-

Fig 9 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig.'8 the gears being inhorizontal section.

Referring to that form of the invention embodied in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, A represents a suitable support which in this instance maybe the round tub of a washing machine; B a movable topoilid therefor Othe operating shaft, and S the driving shaft. The operating shaft 0 ismounted so as to project vertically through a proper bearing 1 in thelid Bof the machine, and to project'into the tub A so that at its'lowerend there may be secured thereto a suitable washing machine tool, such,for example, as the familiar dolly or ag tator D. This consists of ahorizontally arranged disk provided with a plurality of downwardly andoutwardly projectmg blunt fingers d. The shaft bearing 1 projectsupother convenient means. A rocking seg- '95 vment 5, carryin'g aplurality of gear teeth 6 on its upper inner arc, adapted to mesh withthe'teeth of the pinion 4, is pivotally mounted upon a rock'shaft 7 thelatter havingsuitable bearings in the boss 8 of the bearing 1", and inthe boss 9 integral with the plate 2. 'It is, of course, immaterialwhether the segment 5 is secured to the rock shaft 7,; so that the.latterwill rock in its journal bearing, or whether the shaft 7 is fixedin its bearings and the segment 5 is supported upon and rocks about saidshaft 7 4 On the outervend of the driving shaft S is a crank arm lOprovided with a wrist pin 11. L is a link, one end of WhlCh 1s mOuntedupon the wrist pin 11 and the other end is mounted upon a stud 12projecting outwardly from and secured to the segment 5. It follows thatas the shaft S is rotated continuously in one direction, the crank willlated into an alternating, rotary movement of the operating shaft 0. j

Motion may be communicated to the drive shaft S by any suitable means,as; for example, by means of the bevel pinion 13 mounted-upon saiddriving shaft S and being engaged with a bevel pinion 14 mounted upon astub shaft 15, said bevel pinion 1& being suitably geared at 16, orotherwise, to a pulley 17 about which may .be placed a driving belt 18,driven from any suitable source of power.

Inasmuch as it is desirable to have the driving shaft S in motion whenpower is being applied, and at the same time have the operating shaft 0under the control of the operator, so that it may be driven or not, asoccasion requires, I have devised a mechanism which I will now proceedto describe:

The shaft S is suitably mounted in bearings it raised up from a plate orcasting H, which latter may be secured to the support A by bolts 19 orother suitable means. The crank arm 10 is loosely mounted upon the outerend of the driving shaft S and on its inner end or face, said crank arm10 is provided with a clutch member 20, having proj ecting engagingclutch lugs 21. Intermediate the clutch member 20 and the bearing h, andmounted upon the drive shaft S, is a sleeve or spool member 22 providedon its outer face with complemental clutch engaging lugs 23, and on itsouter surfaces with a circmnferential groove 21. The said sleeve orspool member 22 is secured to the shaft S by a spline 25 or othersuitable means whereby motion of rotation of the shaft S will becommunicated to the sleeve 22, and whereby said sleeve 22 may be shiftedlongitudinally of the shaft so that its complemental clutch lugs 23 maybe engaged or disengaged with the lugs 21 of the clutch member 20. Inorder to move the sleeve 22 lengthwise of the shaft S, a bell cranklever 26 pivoted at 27 in the frame or housing H is provided with a lugor projecting arm 27 adapted to enter the circumferential groove 24;. Itis manifest that when the lever 26 is actuated,.the arm or lug 27 willin turn actuate the sleeve 22 to slide it back or forth, as desired,upon the shaft S. It is further manifest that shaft S and motion ofrotation of the shaft S will be promptly communicated through the link Land associated parts, to the operating shaft 0.

The operating shaft 0 and associated parts are, as I have stated,secured to the lid B, and it is desirable at times'to raise the lid B,as shown, by dotted lines of Fig. 2. In order to form a suitable hinge,whereby the raising of this lid and desired parts may be thusaccomplished, I have provided the following ingenious arrangement: Iextend the casting 2 rearwardly and provide it with an upwardly andoutwardly turned yoke Y comprising two arms 28, 29. Raised up from theplate or casting H, is a vertical support or standard 30, provided withan inwardly directed bearing stud 31, the longitudinal axis of which isin prolongation of and in the same horizontal plane as the longitudinalcentral axis of the'shaft D. A suitable aperture is made in the end ofthe yoke arm 28, so that when in proper position, this arm 28 will fitover and rock upon and the yoke arm 28 is provided with a complementalshoulder 33. When the arm 28 is raised to the predetermined positionabout the stud 31, the shoulder 33iengages the stop shoulder 32 andprevents further movement in the raised direction, all of which isclearly indicated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 illustrates the connection of the other yoke arm 29 with thedriving shaft S. On the inner face of the arm 29 is an annular groove-ordepression indicated by the dotted line 34 in Fig. 5, of such diameteras to include or to nicely fit over the projecting end 35 of the shaftbearing h of the casting H. A slot opening 36 projects from one marginof the yoke arm end 29 and affords a proper bearing at its inner "endfor the shaft S. Thus the yoke arm 29 may be placed in juxtapositionupon the shaft S.

Projecting upwardly from the plate or housing H is a rib 37. of athickness equal to that of the slot 36. This rib 37 is so positionedwith reference to the end of the bearing hub h as to interfere with theproper positioning of the yoke arm 29 upon the driving shaft S exceptingonly when the slot 36 is directly opposite the margin or edge of the rib37. In this position, the side walls of the slot 36 will straddle theside walls of the rib 37 and the inner end of the slot will be seatedupon the shaft S. Thus was the entire yoke Y includingtlie arms 28 and29 may be bodily moved in-alateral direc- I tion, lengthwise ofthe'shaft S; that is to say, thearm '29 is slid along upon the shaft Suntil it's circular recess 34 will engage and be supported onthe end 35of the bearing k, the arm 28 being at the same time moved inthedirection of, the standard 30 until the aperture in'the arm 28 engagesand is mounted. upon the stud 31." At this time the walls ofthe slot 36of the arm 29 are free and disengaged from the rib .37. It will, thus,be manifest ,that the. oke Y and -the lid B to which it issecure ,may beraised bodily upwardly, as'upon a'-hinge,the stud- 31 and the shaftsactingfin the sense of hinge pins for the yoke Y. p

'In order-to insure this free hinge movement of the yoke Y, itisnecessary that it be locked against such longitudinal movement aswould disengage-the yoke arm 28 from the stud 31, and the arm 29- fromthe hearing k, and as would cause the-walls of the slot 36 of the yokearm-29 to come in con-'' tact with and engage the rib 37 For thispurpose, I provide the bolt .38 projecting through the rib 37 and thelock nut 39 to project 'into the path of the yoke arm 29, thuspreventing any longitudinal movement of said yokearms28 and 29, while atthe same time permitting the desired swinging or hinge movement; Inorder to remove the yoke arm 29 from the shaft S as well asthe yoke arm28 from the stud 31,-itwill first be necessary to remove the bolt 38from the rib 37 swing the yoke into suchposition as will cause thesidewalls of the slot 36 to registerwith the rib 37 ,then slide the yokeY'bodily toward the rib 37 until the recess 34 thereinis entirely clearof the shaft bearing end 35,

when the yoke Y may be bodily lifted.- The reverse procedure is, ofcourse, necessary when applying the yoke Y.'

s It is desirable to convert; the dolly type of "washing machine. intothe dasher type, and in F1gs. 8 and 9, I have illustrated the meanswhereby this maybe accomplished. In the modified forms thus shown inFigs. 8 and 9, the .shaft- S is providedwith the crank 10:

and the'slidin clutchmember 22, as heretofore explaine and th'e'washingmachine lid B 1s provided wlth the vertical oper. ting shaft '0, asbefore. f().n,the lower end-o this shaft Opisimounted any suitable-"formoffhurn or dasher or vacuum cloth w n device, indicated by the letter'V,instead of the dolly typeof device shownfin'the other Ifigures.v A plateor casting 40 maybe bolted or otherwise secured at 41 to the lid B1,;and it carriesany suitable means iof-"supporting the shaft .0, soas toprovide, for-j weenie-1 ciprocation of' such shaft .0, thrqughahe lid B.The said plate 40 is alsopi'ovidqdfwithfi raised up, sideiwall standards42,.tern' in g5 ing in rock shaft bearings, 43 forthegifoeltgf ing, ofcourse, the dasher vice versa, order to convert the washingIDS/01111161510111 a dasher type to a dolly type,

thereto, bearings on the frame, shaft mounted horizontally port, anoperating shaft, a I [the operating shaft secured to said secondsupport, meanshingedly connecting the lat-' shaft 44. i Suitableyokearms 28, 29, project from the standards 42. The yoke arm 28 is adaptedto fit over the stud '31- and the arm '29is' provided with a slot- 36 tofit' over the shaft S as heretofore explained. A rocklng sleeve ormember 45-fits over the rock shaft 44'and is provided with two arms 46,47, projecting from its opposite sides. The arm 46 is bifurcated so thatits two ends 48, 48

.when the clutch members 23, 21 are in locked engagement, will cause thewrist pin-of the crank 10 torotate about the shaft S, and the connectinglink L will cause the arm 47 to move up and down. 'As this arm 47 -movesup and down, the sleeve 45 will necessarily rock about the shaft'44 andthus an up and down, or rocking motion will be imparted to the outer.end of thearm 46 and the continuous motion of rotation of the driveshaft will thus be translated into a reciprocating vertical motion ofthe operating shaft 0.

The lid. B may be swung up into a .raised position by the two yoke arms28, 29, acting as -hinges, over'the stud 31, and the shaft S, as-in theformer case. I

, This interchangeable form of casting is very desirable in practice.The housewife has only to unbolt the plate 40 and disengage the ends 48from the shaft 0 'andsubstitute forthe casting shown in Figs. 8 and 9,the casting shown'in Fi s. 1 and 2, changfor the dolly, or

or vice versa. 7 j y In making this change, the same means forconnecting up the driving shaft is used,

and the same hinge connections of the yoke arms 28, 29. These parts 'aresimple, strong and durable. The operator learns readily that it) isnecessaryronly to remove the bolt 38 and .restorethe bolt after theinterchanged parts have been placed in position, to make this change.

' I claim as my invention:

1'. A fixed support, a frame. secured a driving said bearings, astandard on the frame, a stud on e carrying tar frame with saidstud'andtne driving shaft, whereby the second support may movably swungabout the longitudinal ax s exceedingly said. standard, combined with asecond'sup support, means hingedly connecting the latter frame withsaid. stud and the driving shaft, whereby the second support may bemovably swung about the longitudinal axis ofthe driving shaft as acenter, and removable means on the operating shaft frame maintainingsaid connecting means in hinged operative relation, said removable meansincluding a bolt on the frame.

3. A fixed support, a frame secured thereto, bearings on the frame, adriving shaft mounted horizontally in said bearings, a standard on theframe, a stud on said standard, combined with a second support, anoperatin shaft, a frame carrying an operating sha secured to said secondsupport, means hingedly connecting the lat ter frame with said stud andthe driving shaft, whereby the second support may be movably swung aboutthe longitudinal axis of the driving shaft as a center, and removablemeans on the operating shaft frame in maintaining said connecting meanshinged operatlve relation, said removable frame, a crank on oneend ofsaid shaft, a

standard on said frame located near the crank end, a pivotal stud onsaid standard in axial alinement with the driving shaft, a secondsupport, a frame secured I thereto, and provided with two arms, one ofwhich arms is provided with an aperture adapted to engage said stud andthe other with a circular recess adapted to fit over said projectingbearing boss, one of the arms being also provided with a slot of a widthat least equal to the diameter of the driving shaft, and a rib on thefirst mentioned frame located adjacent to but not in alinement with thebearing boss, the rib being of the thickness equal to the width of theslot.

In testimony that I, GLENN MORE, claim the foregoing as my invention Iafiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses,

this 12th day of March A. D. 1919.

GLENN MORE.

Witnesses:

MAE LARSEN,

FLORENCE SUNDERLAND.

